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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

. S. WHEELER.

MEDICATED PAPER FOR SURGICAL 011 TOILET USE.

No. 302,073.. I Patented July 15, 14. I

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. I

. S. WHEELER.

MEDIGATED PAPER FOR SURGICAL 0R TOILET USE.

o. 302,073. Patented July 15, 1884.

, UNiTE S ATES SETH WHEELER, 0F ALB N NEW YORK.

" ATE ()FFEEP? MEDIYC'ATED' PAPER Foe sun'eleA'L oR Tonia-r use.

SPEGIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.-: 302,073, d'ated July15, 1884.

Application filed March 2a, 1884. (Np specimens.)

To all whom, it may coricern:

Be it known that I, SETH WHEELER, of Albany, in the State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Medicated Paper for Surgical or ToiletUse, of which the following is a specification.

Strong paper treated in its finished condition with remedialdisinfectants or antiseptic agents is of great value insurgicalpractice, answering the purpose of oiled silk and more expensivedressings. Ithas for such use the advantage of cheapness, thus admittingat a small cost of change of bandage at every; dressing.

Heretofore in the manufacture of medi-.

cated paper, so called, by theadmixture of drugs or remedial agentsto'the pulp while in the heating-engines, there is an apparent-ilnpossibility of using anything that will not unite with water.Consequently many of the most valued remedial agents cannot housed, andof those that may be used, only the cheapest are available, on accountof theiexceSsive amount of water with which the pulp is dilutedpreparatory to passing to the forming machinery,

where, in connection with the driers, all water and moisture isremoved,carrying with it near- 1y, if not all,of anyingredients that mayhave been added with a view to medicating the paper. Only a trace'ofanything combined can be discovered by chemical analysis. 1N0 attempthas heretofore been madeto medicate' the finished sheet, probablybecause of the seeming. impossibility of so doing, as the slightestwetting of the thin paper causes it to contract, and in drying itwrinkles, and'c'onsequently loses its smooth surface. Bytreating themanufactured sheet with-an agent of an nnctuous or oily nature-suchasvaseline, glycerine, paraffine, or any ofthe animal or vegetableoils-we have a vehicle in which to place and to transfer upon thefinished sheets the agents most valued by the medical profession fortheir soothing antiseptic and disinfectant properties.

My invention therefore consists'in amedicated paper, such paper carryinganunctuons or oily substance as a vehicle for the remedial dlsinfectantor antiseptic agent. The manner of preparing this paper from thefinished sheet will be claimed in another application, 'alsothemachinery therewith employed. To prethe means and in a a are the endstandards, in which are j ournaled thefollowing elements, namely: b, thedrying-cylinder; c, the receiving-roll over which the paper to betreated runs on its passage to the periphery of the drying-cylinder;

d, a cylindrical medicating-brush; e, a cylin-- 'dricaldistributingrbrush; f, another distributin g and which acts also as apolishing brush. 9 is the delivery-roll. h is the winding-shaft,

onto which the medicated paper isjdelivered.

i is .the medicine-trough, extending from the one standard to" theotherunderne'ath the bear: ings of the medieati'ng-brush d. j 'isatrough- 'roll having bearings intcrmediatebetween the medicating-brnsh dand trough i. k is a steam pipe passing through the trough i for warming the medicine. l is a steam-inlet pipe to ad-mitsteamto interior ofthe drying-cylinder, such pipe passing through one of the hollowjournals of the revolving cylinder. at .is an outlet-pipe for thecondensed steam,also pass-- ing through the hollow .j'ourr al of thecylinder at the other end of the machine. a is a belt for driving thebrushsd and e,-it passing over pulleyson the ends of the shafts ofbrushes d, .e, and f. o is a belt which'serves to drive thewinding-shaft h, such belt passing over the main driving-pulley andpulley-wheel h, on-

shaft h. p is a belt for driving the distribut ing and polishing brushf, it passing over pulleyson the ends of shafts of the roll g andbrush-f. q is a belt for driving-the trough-roll j, itpassing overpulleys on the ends of the shafts of the trough roll j and thedrying-cylinder b. r rare thestandards for the bearings of thewinding-shaft h, and such standards have their hearings on the shaft ofthe main drivingpulley; s is. the main driving-pulley. i t is a swingingarm pivoted on one of the end standards and carrying a friction-roller,t, which serves as. a tightening-pulley to the drivingbelt a; v I jMotion is communicated'by means of the belt shafl: of the latter to thewinding-shaft h.

passing over the driving-pulley s from the The winding-shaft h acts asadriver to the apparatus; first driving delivery-roll g by frictional 5contact,which r011 g, through the belts p and n, drivesthebrushes'f c d.The drying-cylin- The web of paper to be treated with the medieatingpreparation enters by passing onto the periphery of the drying-cylinderover the receiving-roll c. It receives i mmediatel y the medicatingpreparation from the brush d, which brush is supplied from the trough iby the take-up roll j,which roll rotatespartly within the trough forsuch purpose. The paper then passes to the distributing or equalizingbrush e to have the preparation more evenly distributedi It then passesto brush f, which serves to polish and finish the paper so treated. IThe paper,still being kept in close contact with-the heated cylinder,passes onto the delivery-r011 g, overwhich roll it passes, and isreceived onto the winding-shaft h, and then rewound into aweb. Morebrushes maybe added to the machine,

or the brush c or the brush f may be omitted in the operation, thisdepending altogether upon the degree of finish it is desired to give thepaper so treated.

I claim- Paper treated with combined agents composed of an unctuous oroily substance and a remedial disinfectant or antiseptic agent, theformer serving as a vehicle to properly retain the latter in the paperduring the process of introducing the latter.

SETH WHEELER.

Witnesses:

WM. DIAMOND, E. J. WHEELER.

